What is fracking and what makes it controversial?

Soaring energy prices are spooking the markets and nudging countries into looking for more oil reserves. Fracking is one of the ways to extract gas and oil. What it is and why it is controversial?

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[Alex-xgkr]

Fracking is the cause of the homeless crises because the micro surface quakes are destroying the foundations of buildings in a much bigger area as currently thought and admitted by the operators. The vibration also erode shore lines and cause cracks on highways.

[Shanonmcnab]

There's other ways to get gas, Fracking is really the worst way to get it.

[Opa-Leo]

If it wasn't for Horizontal Drilling and Hydraulic Fracturing (fracking) everybody would be freezing in the dark or paying for petroleum 200-300 $/bbl.

[sdd]

This video fails to answer the "why it is controversial?" question.

[alexhallert]

fuck fracking all my homies hate fracking

[Opa-Leo]

Drilling oil an well has a larger environmental footprint that fracking it. Nobody worries about Drilling. Goes to show that the campaign against fracking is directed by those that have a lot to lose (Russia and Saudi Arabia). Let us see what happens when Russian Oil and Gas exports of 5 Million barrels/day come off the markets. Fracking will be GOD.